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Glass Forming With The Mold Block System

Petra Kaiser's fabulous and much anticipated new book, Glass Forming With The Mold Block System allows you to take the next creative leap in shaping and forming your glass so you can create your own original designs!

The innovative mold block system presented in this book is particularly well suited for use in portable tabletop kilns, offering the artist a chance to create unique glass forms that would be difficult to produce any other way. It’s fun and exciting to develop your own unusual molds that will set your work apart from the standard fused glass shapes!

Presented in an easy to follow step by step format, the book begins with an examination of the mold-making material featured throughout the book (Kaiser-Lee Board) and the cutting of the mold block components. The book then offers several project ideas including an elegant, free standing light sculpture, a business card holder and even a jewelry stand to name just a few! Also included in this book is an essential tutorial describing the process involved in using a manual tabletop kiln (with infinity switch and pyrometer) to fire your glass.

Learn how to use your tabletop kiln WITH Kaiser-Lee Board and the Mold Block System to create countless unusual works of glass art!

Lass Tip -- The Two Lasses recommend that you use ONLY Kaiser-Lee Board for the projects contained in this book. Other fiber boards are NOT the same and will NOT allow you to carve and shape with the same kind of precision detail as Kaiser-Lee Board. The Two Lasses are proud distributors of KLB and you can find this fabulous mold-making medium on our Materials and Supplies page under "Molds and Mold-Making Supplies and Accessories".

$15.99

Dichroics: Art Glass All Dressed Up

Dichroics - Art Glass All Dressed Up is a terrific book that tells EVERYTHING about dichroic glass. Learn where dichroic glass REALLY came from, who invented it, who the best manufacturers are...and how it reacts to heat, light, and layering. This is an insightful and inspiring book that every glass artist should have. This is a lovely gift for the glass maker or glass lover on your list!

$23.99

Innovative Adornments - An Introduction to Fused Glass and Wire Jewelry

Jayne Persico has been creating art glass masterpieces since 1972 and she has filled this book with all the information and techniques that you will need to create beautiful dichroic fused art glass jewelry. There are over 250 full-color photographs that show wonderful step-by-step techniques to create fused glass cabochons as well as a myriad of innovative ways to mount your jewels as pendants, bracelets, earrings and watches. Innovative Innovative Adornments - An Introduction to Fused Glass and Wire Jewelry is a terrific how-to book sure to expand your repetoire and inspire you to greater creative heights.

$23.99

Fuse It

Fuse It by well known glass artist, Petra Kaiser, is a journey of exploration that will guide the reader to the next level in glass fusing. A brief and concise overview of glass materials, supplies and equipment is followed by a comprehensive look at some innovative new ideas in kiln forming techniques. With over 300 color photographs, and well-written, step by step instructions for 15 individual projects, you'll be creating everything from your own unique pattern bars and stringers, to fabulous pendant chandeliers, serene, indoor tabletop fountains, and whimsical, wonderful lamps to name just a few! Petra has also included a very helpful section containing advice on how to market and sell your glass art as well as an environmentally thoughtful way to make hors d'oeuvres trays from recycled glass! This book will indeed take you to the next level in glass fusing and BEYOND!!

$24.99

Introduction to Glass Fusing

Introduction to Glass Fusing: A Comprehensive Guide to Glass Fusing Techniques provides a wonderful foundation on which to build your fusing skills. The project-by-project guided lessons and over 200 full-color how-to photos will provide a complete glass fusing education for beginners. The author, Petra Kaiser, is a natural teacher and clearly explains and demystifies the process of glass fusing while making it enjoyable and fun. We love this book and use it as a supplement to the beginning glass fusing classes we teach, but if you can’t get to a class, or you simply prefer to learn at home on your own terms, this book is a “MUST HAVE!"

$24.99

The Art of Fusing Contemporary Mood Lamps

The Art of Fusing Contemporary Mood Lamps by Martin Gill is an exciting NEW book that presents, in step by step fashion, designs, patterns and templates, so you can create very unique and elegant free-standing "mood lamps". Yes, you won't need special hardware to hang these glowing glass lamps because the author has provided detailed instructions AND templates for creating a beautiful, complimentary base "dish/stand" out of glass (a clever, yet simple design that enhances these gorgeous lamps).

Choose from FOURTEEN exceptionally lovely and unusual mood lamp projects, each with its own detailed fusing and assembly instructions, right down to the glass patterns and full sized design templates that make it a snap to create these fabulous, glowing lights!

Please note you WILL need a wall sconce mold or mold making product (advice is offered in the book)!

$24.99

Glass Fusing For Technical Excellence (DVD)

If you just don't have the time (or the money) to invest in a full length glass fusing course taught by an expert in the field, then this DVD was created just for YOU!

Fusing For Technical Excellence: The Art and Science of Fusing Glass by renowned glass artist, Alan Toy, is a TWO HOUR and 45 minute course that was specifically created just for beginners without ANY background in glass fusing.

After having PERSONALLY studied with Alan Toy several years ago, we can assure you that you are receiving a comprehensive and carefully planned instruction in the art of kiln formed glass (a.k.a. glass fusing) by a talented, creative artist and teacher with nearly FORTY years of experience in glass. And, because you have this fabulous course on DVD, you can return to it again and again, at YOUR convenience!

This DOUBLE-SIDED DVD contains the following material:

SIDE ONE Welcome, Safety, Cold vs. Hot vs. Warm Glass, Fusing For Technical Excellence, What is a Kiln? What is Glass? COE Compatibility and Testing, The Heating and Cooling Cycle, The Glass Phases, Thermal Shock, 1000 Degree Milestone, Devitrification, Tack Fusing, Visually Determining When Your Work Is Complete, When To Flash Cool, Annealing, Completing the Cycle, Flatwork, The First Fire, Intro. To Dichroic Glass, Your First Piece of Jewelry, Making Jewels, More On Jewelry Making, Acid Etching, Painting on Glass, Snail Trails and Grinder Marks, The Quarter Inch Rule, and Using Window Glass.

SIDE TWO Using Molds, Slumping Glass - Mold Preparation, Keeping Slumps Even, Slumping Larger Platters, Making Your Own Molds, Using Drop Ring Molds - Sagging, Iridized Glass and Edge Ove,r Wrapping Up, Experimenting using a Fusing Log, Critiquing Your Work, and Conclusion.

EXTRAS Kiln Wash, Finishing Your Jewelry - Bails vs. Wires, Wire Wrapping Using a Router Bit, Programming a Computer Controlled Kiln, Basic Kiln Maintenance, Glass Cutting, Cutting Circles, Drilling Holes, and More On Bubble Control.

$31.99

Beginning Fritography: A Palette of Prisms (DVD)

Beginning Fritography: A Palette of Prisms by renowned glass artist, Michael Dupille, provides a step by step course in creating fabulous imagery with glass frit. Mr. Dupille is best known as a pioneer in the technique of "fritography"; the use of crushed glass frits and powders to create either photo-realism or more loose, impressionistic pictures in kiln-fired glass. In this 90 minute DVD, Michael will walk you through this exciting kiln-formed glass technique with both diligence and humor.

Learn how to create amazing "painted" glass images with frit by watching this step-by-step virtual workshop. Learn Michael's expert tips and techniques while creating your own fused glass portrait. This full length video workshop covers EVERYTHING from tools and equipment to firing schedules for incredible, life-like imagery. A copy of a portrait pattern is included with the DVD so you can follow along.

$31.99

Contemporary Warm Glass *Signed by the artist*

Contemporary Warm Glass by well known warm glass expert, Brad Walker, is your complete guide to a myriad of kiln forming techniques and processes. This fabulous book covers all the basics from compatibility testing to slumping, draping, full fusing and annealing and on to more advanced skills like combing, sand blasting and cold working techniques.

Now in its FOURTH printing with revisions (2006), this 154 page softcover book features over 150 full color photographs, including 90 photos of inspirational contemporary warm glass artwork including those by his talented and well known wife, Jody Danner-Walker.

The Two Lasses are delighted to be able to offer you this wonderful book, signed by the artist and author himself, Brad Walker.

$31.99

Fused Glass Art and Technique *Signed by the artist*

Fused Glass Art and Technique by Richard La Londe (Hardcover 224 pages) will be the pièce de résistance in your collection of warm glass art books. Newly published, this first edition book contains over 475 photographs, 412 of which are in full color. Fused Glass Art and Technique presents a history of glass fusing, a portfolio selection of Monsieur La Londe's art and the technical aspects of glass fusing, including fusing concepts, technique and equipment. Detailed information on how to build your own kiln is meticulously presented for the benefit of the can-do artisan. Step-by step instructions on liquid glass line, frit on a shelf or in sand, slumping and sagging as well as leaf and foil applications are expertly explained and illustrated. By special arrangement with the artist, each of our books has been autographed by Monsieur La Londe. This is a book that you will want in your warm glass library!

Please note that due to the shipping weight of this book (just under FOUR pounds), we ship via Media Mail. If you wish to have expedited shipping, please notify us and we will be glad to ship via Priority mail for an additional charge.

$51.99

Richard La Londe and Friends - Fused Glass, Vitreous Enamels and Other Techniques - Book II

Inspired by glass artists from the 1950s, La Londe puts a modern twist on enamels and window glass with updated techniques and materials. This fabulous new release (Hardcover 240 pages - October 2009) features a wealth of information on embellishments, enamels, natural glass and Egyptian faience and La Londe's friends (other well known glass artists like Michael Dupille and Jayne Persico), also share their expertise and project ideas. With wonderfully detailed, step-by-step instructions and full color illustrations on how to make everything from light boxes to slumping molds, this book will have you designing and creating your own exciting new works of warm glass art! To view selections from Richard La Londe and Friends click here.

$51.99